Staff / Sr. Staff/ Principal - eSSD Validation Engineer

SK hynix memory solutions America Inc. · San Jose

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open: 82 days
Reposted: No
Salary listed: No
Ghost-job risk at SK hynix memory solutions America Inc.: high
Hiring momentum: 36 roles opened in the last 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board: 2026-10-24

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About this role

The Staff/Sr. Staff/Principal Systems Engineer will design and execute test plans for PCIe and NVMe enterprise solid-state drives (eSSDs), managing testing progress and addressing issues in collaboration with other teams. The role involves performing test gap analysis, initial triage of failures, and maintaining communication with customers to resolve inquiries and enhance product quality.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5

benefits: 4/5
freshness: 1/5
career value: 4/5
role clarity: 4/5
pay transparency: 0/5

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What you need

5+ years of hands-on enterprise storage or semiconductor experience
Proven experience with physical protocol analyzers and trace evaluation tools
Mastery of low-level storage protocols, including PCIe (Gen 4/5/6), NVMe 2.0+, NVMe-MI, and SMBus/I2C
Python/C/C++ for hardware test automation and interacting with PCIe configuration registers/firmware registers

Nice to have

Knowledge of Linux Kernel and drivers
Knowledge of NAND
Experience with Embedded Firmware
Strong understanding of storage architectures and system-level debugging

What you get

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Company 401(k) match
Cafeteria

Worth weighing

Salary range is broad ($120,000/yr - $210,000/yr) and may vary based on multiple factors
Role involves significant collaboration with other teams, which may impact individual work autonomy

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